Palestine isn’t waiting for Netanyahu
Abbas and Co. have several diplomatic options now that the prime minister has retracted Bar-Ilan speech. Source: Haaretz.com By Zvi Bar’el | Mar. 20, 2015 By Khaled Diab | Mar. […]
Remembering Allah in times of trials
HARUN YAHYA Published — Friday 20 March 2015 Last update 19 March 2015 10:15 pm Every person has moments in life that may be called difficult. Most people, who live away from the moral values of the Qur’an, experience these moments with feelings like discomfort, sadness and boredom. In such […]
408. Commandment – Those of you who die and leave wives behind, these (wives) shall wait …
408. Commandment – those of you who die and leave wives behind, these (wives) shall wait concerning themselves four months and ten days. And when they have reached the end of their period, no sin shall lie on you in anything that they do with regard to themselves according to what […]
409. Commandment – make not a contract with them in secret, except that you say a fair word
409. Commandment – make not a contract with them in secret, except that you say a fair word [2:236] And there shall be no blame on you in throwing out a hint regarding a proposal of marriage to these women or in keeping the desire hidden in your minds. Allah knows that you will think […]
410. Commandment – Save yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is men and stones
410. Commandment – Save yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is men and stones [66:7] O ye who believe! save yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is men and stones, over which are appointed angels, stern and severe, who disobey not Allah in what He commands them […]
411. Commandment – Kindness, forgiveness and pardon to close family members
411. Commandment – Kindness, forgiveness and pardon to close family members [64:15] O ye who believe! surely among your wives and your children are some that are really your enemies, so beware of them. And if you overlook and forgive and pardon, then surely, Allah is Most Forgiving, Merciful.
The Prophet’s Patience in Conveying the Message
God tells us in the Quran that He sent Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) as a mercy for humankind. {And We have sent you O Muhammad, not but as […]
Shariah guaranteed human rights long before Magna Carta
RIYADH: SAUD AL-AMMARI Published — Thursday 19 March 2015 Last update 19 March 2015 2:26 am After receiving a kind invitation from Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf, the Saudi ambassador to the United Kingdom, I attended the Global Law Summit in London as part of the Saudi delegation. The summit attracted […]
Four vital issues will shape our future
Rami G. Khouri| The Daily Star When historians look back on the Middle East decades from now, they might find that trends in the region after 2015 were determined by the outcome of four seminal issues and battles that are in play this month. The most important one is the […]
As Netanyahu wins, the U.S. disengages
Summary Michael Young| The Daily Star Lebanon Benjamin Netanyahu’s victory in Israel’s general elections means that any hope of serious negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians – never particularly high in the first place – is now virtually nil. But more uncertain, and interesting, is what it will do to relations […]
Islamic rights system honors all human beings
Female members of Shoura Council during a meeting. RIYADH: MOHAMMED AL-JATHLANI Published — Wednesday 18 March 2015 Last update 18 March 2015 1:56 am | | A A Centuries before the International Declaration of Human Rights was formulated, our Prophet (peace be upon him), spoke about the true and […]
Grand Mufti of Egypt: 'There’s No Place for Terror in the Teachings of Islam'
Source: Newsweek By Shawki Allam, The Grand Mufti of Egypt Every Muslim is in utter shock about the senseless, appalling and cowardly attack on Charlie Hebdo in Paris, and the […]
Grand Mufti of Egypt: ‘There’s No Place for Terror in the Teachings of Islam’
Source: Newsweek By Shawki Allam, The Grand Mufti of Egypt Every Muslim is in utter shock about the senseless, appalling and cowardly attack on Charlie Hebdo in Paris, and the […]
Saudi Arabia: Maid abusers to be named and shamed
JEDDAH: IBRAHIM NAFFEE Published — Tuesday 17 March 2015 Last update 17 March 2015 1:30 am The Labor Ministry will publish a blacklist of employers and recruitment offices accused of […]
Muslim scholars call for UN resolution penalising contempt of religions
by Mohammad Ghazal, Jordan Times, Mar.16, 2015 AMMAN — Scholars convening in the capital have issued the Amman Declaration, which urges the UN to draft a resolution penalising contempt of religions, prophets and sacred beliefs. At the conclusion of the International Conference on the “Role of Moderation in Confronting Terrorism […]
Jordan seeks to handle refugee aid through ‘trust fund’
by Khetam Malkawi, Jordan Times, 16.3.2015 r Syrian refugees, who have been living in Jordan for two-and-a-half years since fleeing the violence in their Syrian hometown of Idlib, sit in […]
Jordan’s King Abdallah urges EU to fight “Islamophobia”
Jordan’s King Abdallah II delivers a speech during the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on Tuesday. (AFP PHOTO / PATRICK HERTZOG) Published — Tuesday 10 March 2015 STRASBOURG, France: King Abdallah II of Jordan urged Europeans on Tuesday to fight hostility toward Islam that […]
Jordan's King Abdallah urges EU to fight "Islamophobia"
Jordan’s King Abdallah II delivers a speech during the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on Tuesday. (AFP PHOTO / PATRICK HERTZOG) Published — Tuesday 10 March 2015 STRASBOURG, France: King Abdallah II of Jordan urged Europeans on Tuesday to fight hostility toward Islam that […]
Which superpower will win the battle of hypocrisy? The 125,000 civilian casualties of the two Chechen wars elicited far less passion in the West than the fatalities in Syria
by Robert Fisk, The Independent Strange, isn’t it, how every time we have a “crisis” in the Middle East, the Russians step in to take advantage of it? Or so it looks. No sooner have we identified Isis/the Islamic Caliphate/Daesh as the most apocalyptic, end-of-the-world antagonist since Hitler/Napoleon/Nero/Genghis Khan, than […]
Collection of ancient Hebrew manuscripts discovered in Afghanistan provide evidence Jewish people lived in country 1,000 years ago
By MARIO LEDWITH FOR THE DAILY MAIL PUBLISHED: 18:45 EST, 3 January 2013 | UPDATED: 13:13 EST, 4 January 2013 Mailonline: A collection of manuscripts from caves in Afghanistan has provided the first evidence of Jewish communities living in the devoutly Muslim country 1,000 years ago. The cache of Hebrew […]